Posted on March 17, 2012, 6:02 A.M., under iPhone 5, Samsung Mobile, iPad 3 categories.
Samsung phones are popular mainly because they offer impressive touchscreen technology, and it looks like Apple is one of Samsung’s fans. This week, a teardown has confirmed that Samsung is the supplier of the iPad 3's screen, the stunning new Retina screen with more pixels per inch than the older iPad 2.
According to Wall Street Journal, the high resolution screen of the new iPad is manufactured by Samsung Electronics Co., adding that Samsung’s display technology met “Apple’s specifications for the high-resolution screen,” beating other companies (LG and Sharp).
It is worth noting that Samsung is also the manufacturer of the iPad 3's new A5X system-on-a-chip, the dual-core CPU with the quad-core graphics processor.
Last week, Korea Times reported that Samsung is also set to manufacture the screen of the iPad Mini or the long-rumored new iPad with smaller display that will reportedly arrive this year.
If Samsung will manufacture the screen of the smaller iPad and the company is also the supplier of the iPad 3's screen, is it also possible that Samsung will supply the screen of the iPhone 5? For starters, the iPhone 5 is the rumored 2012 Apple smartphone that might get a June or October release date.
Rumors say the iPhone 5 might ship with larger screen with more pixels-per-inch, and now, the picture is clearer in my opinion. Samsung’s new phone, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, impressed many tech sites with its Super AMOLED screen with 310 pixels per inch on a 4.65-inch screen. If Apple will tap Samsung’s technology, then it looks like the iPhone 5 will also manifest the same “warmer” screen which is similar to the iPad 3.
Additional rumors say the iPhone 5 might support Long-Term Evolution, also similar to the iPad 3, and the new smartphone is also expected to include the dual-core A5X chip with quad-core graphics. Last year, Apple used the same dual-core A5 chip to power its iPad 2 and the iPhone 4S.
